“IMAGINE” A WORLD WITHOUT POLIO!
THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES & NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!
JOIN ROTARY’S JOURNEY TO THE LAST CASE OF POLIO - Nearly 40 years ago, Rotary International embarked on an admirable journey – to rid the world of polio. Remarkable progress has been made since then as cases have drastically declined, and the lessons learned from these successes are now being applied to strengthen the response to other public health emergencies, such as malaria. By leveraging longstanding relationships with community leaders and innovative tools used to fight polio, Rotary is showing the world that dreams to deliver healthier futures for children everywhere can be made a reality. To quote RI Past President, Ian Riesley, speaking at Melbourne this week, “We can be a part of history and finally eradicate polio, but we won’t get there without one quality: PERSISTENCE.”We need to continue vaccinating the world’s children against polio, because polio anywhere is a threat everywhere.
Let’s be part of Rotary’s Journey to the Last Case of Polio and prove that District 5710 is PERSISTENT in its support for finally eradicating Polio. It’s not too late for members and club’s to use the remaining weeks of this Rotary Year to make those extra fundraising efforts and send your donations to Polio Plus before June 3oth. Let’s see if we can beat last year by 10% and hit $160,000! If your club hasn’t donated yet this year, please make that commitment now – use your next couple of meetings to remind your members to donate before the end of this Rotary Year.
Thank you for helping to keep the promise we made to children everywhere...a polio free world.
And “We are…This Close” as shown in our “Countdown to History”
Call or email me for ideas or help: Jim Arnett, Polio Plus District Chair
(913) 200-0514 ~ maajca@gmail.com
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Wild Poliovirus Weekly UpdateCOUNTDOWN TO HISTORY!
Week Ending 30 May 2023
Total number of wild cases in 2019: 176
Total number of wild cases in 2020: 140
Total # of wild poliovirus cases in 2021: 6
Total # of wild poliovirus cases in 2022: 30(20 in Pakistan!)
Total # of wild poliovirus cases this week: 3(2/Afghanistan!)
(compared with Total of 4 for the same period in 2022)
Total number of Circulating Vaccine Derived cases - 2023:87
(vs. totals in 2020: 1113; & 698 in 2021, with 860 in 2022)
Please Donate @ https://www.myrotary.org
OR CHECKS TO YOUR CLUB’S CHARITABLE ACCOUNT DIRECTED TO “POLIO PLUS”
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